Studies in Medievalism V: Medievalism in Europe

by Leslie J Workman

Overview

Concentrating on Europe, this volume's sixteen essays discuss different forms of medievalism in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Serbia.

Medievalism, the whole spectrum of post-medieval response to the middle ages, is now accepted as a vital key to the understanding of Western culture and society from 1500 to the present, pervading every aspect of our time, from the popular and artistic to the scholarly. Studies in Medievalism, now published annually, is the one series to provide a regular forum for discussion of medievalism. This volume is devoted to medievalism in Europe, excludingEngland (the subject of Volume IV,1992). Contributors from Europe and America consider medievalism in Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Serbia over a wide range of topics from eighteenth-century French politics and nineteenth-century German nationalism to contemporary Italian film.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780859914000
Publisher:	BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date:	04/07/1994
Series:	ISSN , #5
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

Explores some of the scholarly and popular influences of the Middle Ages on Europe since 1500. Among the specific topics are medievalism and nationalism in 19th-century Germany, contemporary Italian novelist Umberto Eco, French Gothic nostalgia at the end of the Old Regime, Spain's medievalist project in the New World, and Serbian painting of the 19th century. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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